Violin
Date1760-1790 ca.
Place MadeMittenwald, Bavaria, Germany, Europe
ModelStainer
Serial No.none
SignedPrinted on paper label, the lettering visibly impressed into paper, the last two digits of year written in black ink: Sebastian Klotz Geigenmacher / in Mittenwald Anno 1786MarkingsBranded on treble side of scroll: AG 41
Branded on bridge toward player: K.L. MEISEL
Branded on bridge toward fingerboard: OWATONNA/MINN.
Written in black ink on small paper label, visible through treble sound hole [Dario D'Attilli certificate number]: DDA 2782 / 126
DescriptionGeorg Karl Kloz (1723-1797) was a member of the famous violin making family of Mittenwald. This Stainer model is typical of his work.
Top: two-piece, quarter-cut spruce: medium grain; wood pin into top block on treble side of center joint; wood pin into bottom block on bass side of center joint
Back: two-piece, quarter-cut maple: prominent, narrow, horizontal curl; pin into top block on bass side of center joint; later button
Ribs: quarter-cut maple: narrow curl
Head and neck: scroll grafted onto later neck and pegbox, which in turn has been reangled at the heel; maple: narrow curl on neck and pegbox, plain on scroll
Arching: high
Varnish: dark brown
Fingerboard: ebony
Nut: ebony
Tailpiece: tulip-shaped; rosewood; ebony saddle; mother-of-pearl eye surrounded with brass ring; later
Tailgut: black nylon; later
Pegs: four rosewood with concave, undercut heads and bone pins
Saddle: ebony; later; remains of original, narrow ebony saddle extends into lower rib
Endpin: olive wood; later
F-holes: curved upper and lower wings; inside edges stained black
Linings: willow in center bouts, spruce in upper and lower bouts
Corner blocks: spruce
Top block: spruce
Bottom block: spruce
Bassbar: spruce; later
DimensionsTotal violin length: 587 mm
Back length: 361 mm
Upper bout width: 169 mm
Center bout width: 107 mm
Lower bout width: 204 mm
Upper rib height: 30-32 mm
Center rib height: 31-33 mm
Lower rib height: 32-33 mm
Stop length: 199 mm
Vibrating string length: 327 mm
Neck length (bottom of nut to ribs): 129 mm
ProvenanceGift of Mr. and Mrs. Lothar Meisel, Owatonna, Minnesota, in memory of Kurt O. Meisel (1903-1995), Co-Founder of Meisel Violins, Inc., 2000.
Credit LineGift in memory of Kurt O. Meisel (1903-1995), co-founder of Meisel Violins, Inc., by Mr. and Mrs. Lothar Meisel, 2000
Object number09964
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